Guus Hiddink will meet with the new president...

Sergei Fursenko was elected president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) on Wednesday in Moscow, and immediately announced that he would hold talks with the Dutch trainer, who has been linked with a number of leading clubs in Europe, including Liverpool and Juventus, since his failure to guide Russia to the 2010 World Cup.

The ex-Zenit St. Petersburg president and former Gazprom top manager is reported to favor a cheaper alternative to Hiddink, whose over $8 million a year contract runs out in July. Despite his failure to take Russia to the World Cup, the 63-year-old was offered an extension to his current deal by previous RFU head Vitaly Mutko.

But with the arrival of Fursenko, that offer, which Hiddink neither accepted nor declined, has been withdrawn pending new discussions.

"I want to speak to Hiddink and find out his position," Fursenko told the Russia 24 TV channel. "We"ll decide on things afterwards."

When asked under what circumstances Hiddink

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